Thanks for the reward of "Death of the Thief"! ——

After the draw for the group stage of the Champions League for the new season, Aldridge rushed to Monaco to join the team.

In the new season, not many people pay attention to the European Super Cup, because it is an English civil war, and it is also a city derby, and what is more profound than the city derby is that it is a contest between two feuding clubs.

But fans of other leagues, fans who are not interested in English football, naturally have little interest in this kind of competition.

At the pre-match press conference, reporters were less concerned about the game itself.

Since Aldridge took charge of Millwall, his record in the London civil war has been nothing short of outrageous, and he has maintained an absolutely overwhelming record advantage against Chelsea.

Only Fleet Street reporters were interested in asking Aldridge what he thought of Chelsea's squad for the new season.

Aldridge doesn't really want to talk about Chelsea, every year there are people in front of him who praise Chelsea's strength, how much Chelsea has invested, who has been bought, and which former world-class player has been added to the squad.

The purpose is actually very simple, that is, to fan the flames and make the war between mortal enemies more intense.

'It's true that Chelsea are improving every year, but I think there's still a big gap between Chelsea and Millwall. A team with super combat effectiveness does not rely on the superposition of stars, the key lies in team chemistry, whether it can play the role of 1+1 greater than 2. That's right, Chelsea have added a lot of familiar European names this year, World Cup winners Desailly and Frere. Laudrup Jr. Casiraki: But so what? Soccer is not a one-on-one heads-up game for players in every position. Chelsea's annual flux, where is the style of the team? Where is the team's technical and tactical traditions? Where is the temperament of the team? They were too far from Millwall. ”

The reporters on the scene were very happy, the young marshal's tone was a lot crazy!

Come to think of it, Aldridge is already worth the Champions League, so what about despising Chelsea? Chelsea had nothing to brag about in front of Millwall.

"Mr. Hall, but Millwall has also ushered in a major change of blood this summer."

'It's different, it's definitely different, Millwall has traditions. Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ronaldinho, Materazzi and so on, these players have been at Millwall for a long time, they are familiar with the team, they take over the main position, there is no problem of integrating into the team, Chelsea need to fumble and shape a new squad, while Millwall only need a short run-in period. Then our fighting power will increase rapidly, even if it is tomorrow's game. I don't think Chelsea are going to cause Millwall any problems. ”

Aldrich's words got the reporters excited.

It's different after winning the Champions League!

The madness is boundless!

But no one at the scene objected to Aldrich's remarks.

People are awesome, and the most powerful young coach in the entire European football today looks down on Chelsea, what's wrong?

Aldridge's posture now is a bit of a nobody's eye, and he doesn't take Chelsea seriously at all.

The press conference gradually digressed, the reporters did not care about the next game, Millwall's past record advantage was too overwhelming, and although Chelsea got stronger every year, the suspense of victory or defeat did not seem to be much.

Everyone is starting to care about the Champions League grouping situation.

Speaking of Millwall's draw, Aldridge's attitude was a little more restrained, sighing: "Since the draw results came out, I only heard the outside world talking about Millwall and Inter Milan, indeed, we are two favourites to qualify, Inter Milan is star-studded, Millwall is the defending champion, it seems that even my players think the same way, thinking that as long as they win against Inter Milan, it will be logical to qualify, I think this is very wrong." We have six group games to play, we only have two meetings with Inter Milan and we have six points from winning both, but if we lose or draw two of the other four games, we will lose four points or more, and I'm not emphasizing that Graz or Spartak Moscow are very strong, then the outside world will think I'm hypocritical, I think the key to qualifying is how the Millwall players look at each opponent, if we underestimate Graz and Spartak Moscow, maybe even if we win against Inter, we will be eliminated. ”

Aldridge did find signs of underdog in the team, and when the whole team had breakfast in the hotel today, everyone at the table talked about Inter Milan, especially Ronaldo, and the old players who played against him before talked to the younger players about how difficult Ronaldo was to mark in the game.

This is not a good sign.

In fact, Millwall wants to qualify, as long as they don't lose to Inter Milan and go all out to win the other four games, then the points in hand can ensure qualification, even if they are not the first in the group, the second place in the group is also nine out of ten, this is a strategy similar to Tian Ji horse racing, but Aldridge can't tell them in front of the players: Hey, let's leave Inter Milan alone, we can get 12 points with all our might.

This is the case, but telling the players like this is tantamount to cowardice in momentum!

The next day, the UEFA Super Cup was about to begin, and the Stade Louis II was packed, with UEFA dignitaries and members of the Monaco royal family waiting in boxes to watch the action.

Aldridge appeared on the sidelines early and sat directly in the coach's box, and the reporters around him immediately took pictures of him.

Millwall are the defending champions today.

Last season's UEFA Super Cup was crowned champions just six months ago when they beat Borussia Dortmund over two legs.

Chelsea boss Vialli is now officially the head coach and no longer has to take off his suit to play football, he took the initiative to shake Aldridge's hand after he walked out, and the two just patted each other's arms and parted, without any extra words or even pleasantries.

Aldridge's comments yesterday made headlines in major media outlets, and those who focused on the UEFA Super Cup knew that Chelsea were worthless in Aldridge's eyes.

Even though Chelsea's squad is already luxurious, Aldridge still dismisses Chelsea compared to Millwall, who changed blood in the summer.

"This year's UEFA Super Cup is about to be played at the Stade Louis II. Last season's Champions League winners Millwall take on last season's European Cup Winners' Cup winners Chelsea. Both teams are from England. Coming from London, in terms of club relations, the two teams are undying enemies, and the London derby is staged in the European Super Cup, which is also a rare spectacle in European football. ”

As Millwall and Chelsea players came out of the tunnel, the commentator gave a look at the starting line-ups for both teams for the day.

Millwall, 4411.

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defenders: Schneider, Materazzi, Southgate. Zambrotta.

Midfielders: Glen Shire, Lampard, Makelele, Ronaldinho.

Forwards: Ruud van Nistelrooy, Nedved.

Chelsea 442.

Goalkeeper: De Hooye

Defenders: Frere, Desailly, Leboeuf, Le Sox.

Midfielders: Petroscu, Di Matteo, Poyet. Wise.

Forwards: Zola, Flo.

Millwall's tactics after the loss of two main players in the team were the same tactics they had played. But that was in the League One era.

Its tactical characteristics are very similar to those of Arsenal today.

Arsenal is based on defense to play counterattack 442, attacking by two wings Pire and Overmars, defending Petit and Vieira double back, attacking, take turns to step forward, Bergkamp can pass and shoot in the front, last season's partner was Wright, this season will be Anelka to provoke the beam.

Millwall defends as a double midfielder, Frank Lampard and Claude Makelelele, and on the offensive side Ronaldo and Glen Schal, while Nedved plays a free man in the frontcourt, passing or shooting with his current experience and game-reading ability, without the need for Aldridge's targeted arrangement, he is fully qualified to play the role of a shadow striker, and threaten the opponent's door more intuitively.

Chelsea's style of play is more of a traditional 442, with a combination of one high and one fast Flogazzola up front, and if they want to improve anything, it is naturally defensive, and Leboeuf Gadeseli's French combination makes the back line stronger.

In the enthusiastic cheers of the fans at the scene, the referee blew the whistle and the game began.

Aldrich sat the whole time, his face unmoved.

From the outset, Chelsea were in control of the midfield, with Di Matteo Gapoyet's combination being more experienced and capable than Makelele Garland Lampard, specifically the ability to control the ball.

Millwall shrank back to defend and Chelsea didn't play down the middle, but on two flanks.

Villas-Boas sat behind Aldridge today, and he poked his head out to ask Aldridge: "Do you still think Chelsea are not good enough to challenge Millwall?" ”

Ten minutes into the game, Villas-Boas watched with horror as Chelsea attacked ferociously and made the Millwall defence furious.

Aldridge smiled silently, and Jensen, who was sitting next to him, turned back to Boas and smiled: "You believe what he said to reporters?" Hehe, that's for Chelsea. ”

Boas frowned and asked rhetorically, "What do you mean?" ”

Jenson pointed to the pitch and replied: "Don't look at Chelsea's attack now, Millwall's current tactics need the opponent to attack." ”

Aldrich turned his head to Jenson and smiled: "Radical tactics, tried and tested." ”

Chelsea's famous players grabbed a lot of them, not to mention that Aldridge won the Champions League at a young age, which in itself attracted hatred, coupled with Aldridge's fanning the flames to provoke opponents, can Chelsea be convinced?

Their average age is about five years older than the average age of Millwall's current squad.

Of course, you have to attack and beat Millwall all over the ground in one breath to find teeth to relieve your hatred.

Still puzzled, Villas-Boas asked: "But with the same lineup and tactics, we haven't even won Coventry away from home." ”

Aldridge sat up straight and leaned back slightly, and wrote lightly: "The ability to attack the fortification of this set of tactics is slightly inferior, its greatest power is in the counterattack, and it needs counterattack space, the breakthrough on the side, the back insertion of the middle player, playing Coventry, the opponent's defense tends to be close to static compression space, the players can't play, and they still need to hone, but today to play Chelsea, you can take a closer look, we will have more opportunities than to play Coventry, as long as we can do a good job of accurate ball from defense to attack, Chelsea can not intercept successfully in the first time, Then our counterattack will destroy the opponent's defense line as it advances quickly. ”

Boas listened attentively, nodded and watched the game intently.

Millwall's backline did not concede a goal after receiving 20 minutes of pressing attack, which made the players' mentality completely stable, more calm when defending, and the organization of counter-attacks became clear-minded, and the ball was clear, and gradually, Millwall found the feeling of playing on the counter-attack. (To be continued......)